The BCL leaders and activists swooped on them and physically assaulted six quota protesters and three teachers when they formed a human chain around 12 noon demanding immediate release of the arrested quota movement leaders and punishment of attackers, said witnesses, reports the UNB.

Prof Abdur Razzaque Khan said, ‘There is no security for both the teachers and the students on the campus now. General people have no right to stage protest.’

In April, students of public and private universities across the country waged a strong movement demanding reforms in the quota system in public service recruitment process.

As no gazette notification has so far been issued regarding the abolishment of the quota system as per the PM’s declaration, the leaders and activists of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, a platform that leads the quota reform movement, resumed their protests at different public universities and they repeatedly came under attacks allegedly by BCL men.